Winter Fruit Salad

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 strip lemon peel
• 2 None star anise
• 1 None vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
• 3 None pears (or apples), peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 None seedless mandarin orange, segments separated
• 8 None dried apricots, halved
• 4.5 oz frozen raspberries
• None None Greek yogurt, to serve

1. In a large saucepan, combine 1/2 cup water, sugar, lemon juice and peel, star anise and vanilla seeds. Stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
2. Add the pears, mandarin orange and apricots and bring to a simmer. Cook, covered, for 4-5 mins until the fruit softens slightly. Stir in the raspberries, then remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
3. Serve the fruit and syrup in bowls topped with yogurt.

sugar, lemon juice, lemon peel, anise, vanilla bean, apples, mandarin orange, dried apricots, frozen raspberries, yogurt

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